Summary
Place of publication:
Arac. Betreff. 2:5. 1855
Verified:
01/31/2016
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Gonçalves, E. G. 2011. The commonly cultivated species of Xanthosoma Schott (Araceae), including four new species. Aroideana 34:3-23.
- Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. 2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica 2:199. Note: it included both Xanthosoma mafaffa and X. roseum under synonymy of X. sagittifolium, although it commented that "some of these synonymized names may have resulted from incorrect synonymizarion"
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | San José | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
Native
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica [San José], Guatemala
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Gonçalves, E. G. 2011. The commonly cultivated species of Xanthosoma Schott (Araceae), including four new species. Aroideana 34:3-23. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=476750.
Accessed 14 May 2025.